Fluid-discharging apparatus



(No Modelu.)

W. T. MESSINGER.

FLUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS.

No. 351,454. Patented om 26,1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

`VILLIAM T. MESSINGER, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

FLUID-DISCHARGING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,454, dated October 26, 1886. Application filed October l2, 1885. Serial No. 179,624. (No model.)

My invention relates to a Huid-dischargingapparat'us or faucet in which the iow of li'uid is controlled by a ycheck-valve seated by the pressure of the lluid, and unseated to permit the fluid to escape by a valve-actuating device having a delivery-passage through which the liuid is discharged. A duid-controlling apparatus. of this nature is described and the main combinations claimed in another application, No. 179,623, filed by 1885; and the invention forming the subject of the present application consists, mainly, in details of construction of the various parts, especially the operating mechanism for the valveactuating device. In the otherapplication the valve was shown as working in a valve-chamber havingan inlet-passage at one end and a valve-seat and outlet-passage at the other end, and the valve-actuating device was operated and controlled by mechanism at the forward or delivery end of the valve-chamber.

The present invention isembodied in an apparatus comprising a valve-chamber having a lateral inlet communicating with the supply of liquid, and a valve-seat and outlet-passage at its lower end, (the said valve-chamber standing in a vertical position,) and a valve-actuating device movable in a passage atthelower end of the valve-chamber, and operating mechanism for the said device above and external to the valve-chamber. The apparatus is so constructed that the valve may be self-closing, requiring the presence of the operator as long as the fluid is intended to escape, or may be retained open as long as desiredwithout the presenceof an attendant, in which case aspecial operation will be required to close the valve.

The invention consists in details of construction hereinafter pointed out.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fluid-discharging apparatus or faucetembodying this invention, showing the parts in the position assumed when the valve is seated or closed; Fig. 2, a vertical section thereof, showingthe me October 12,

receptacle containing the fluid, the discharge of which is to be controlled by the apparatus, the said iiuid entering the valve-chamber a through the inlet-passage a". The said valvechamber, which is cylindrical and intended to stand in a vertical position, as shown, is provided at its lower end with a raised valveseat, ai', controlled by the valve c, and having -a delivery-passage from the chamber a,through which the fluid may escape when the unseated, the said valve being normally retained on its seat both by its weight and by the pressure of the fluid in the valvecl1amber.

' The valve c is shown as consisting of a ilexible disk or diaphragm havingits edges confined in a ring, c', by a nut, c2, having openings 03, (best shown in Fig. 4,) through which the fluid is admitted tothe surface of the disk c, the ring c', having guide-arms which project radiallyV beyond the ring, and arealso longer than the Widthof the ring, as best seen .in Fig. 3, .the said arms litting within the valve-chamber a, and guiding the valve in its lengthwise movement in the said chamber, and permitting the duid to'iiow through the spaces between the inner wall of the said chamber and the outer surface of the ring c between the arms c5. The valve,with its supporting-ring and guide-arms, does not i'n itself constitute a separate part of the present invention, and is not specicall y claimed except in combination with the other parts of the apparatus.

The valve :may be unseated to permit the iiuid to escape from the valve-chamber by means of a valve-actuating device, d,working in a guidepassage, a, connected with the valve-chamber below the valve-seat, the said actuating device d having a fluid-delivery passage, d, and an extension, (Z2, litted to move longitudinally in the passage of the valve-seat a5. When the actuating device d is moved upward, the extension d2 engages the valve and lifts it from its seat, as shown in Fig. 2, permitting the fluid to low between the valveseat and valve, where t-will enter lateral ports valve is d in the valve-actuating device and pass out through the delivery-passage d thereof.

The valve-chamber a is shown as provided at its upper end with a removable cap, al, to enable the valve to be inserted in the chamber. The valve-actuating device d is connected by links e with an arm or lever, f, pivoted upon a projection, f', from the casting which forms the valve-chamber a, and preferably provided with a handle, f`, by which it may be raised when desired to move the valve-actuating device d upward, so as to open the valve and permit the iiuid lo escape. The handle fll and connected valve-actuating device (l will naturally return to their lowest position under the action of gravity, except when supported by the operator, thus making the valve a selfclosing one. Vhen, however, it is desired to permit the fluid to escape continuously with-V out requiring` the operator to hold the handle raised, the arm f may have a threaded socket or nut, j, containing a threaded spindle, f, provided with a suitable handle, f5, and with a foot, f, which rests on the cap a7, so that by turning the handle f5 the nut f and connected armf will rise up on the spindle j", and will besustained by the said spindle, which constitutes a supporting device for the valveactuating device d, holding it raised and keeping the valve open as long as desired, after which the valve may be permitted to close by turning the spindle f* in the opposite direction until the arm j' and valve-actuating device d arrive at their lowest position and the valve rests on its seat.

It is obvious that the supporting device may be. omitted when it is desired to have the valve va self-closing one, or that the handle f2 may be omitted when the arm f is provided with a thread-spindle having a handle, as the valve `may thus be opened either by lifting directly on the said handle or by turning it, according as -it is desired to open the valve for a short time or to leave it open when the hand of the operator is removed.

If it should be desired at any time to render the apparatus inoperative or unavailable for withdrawing the fluid without, however, wholly disconnecting it from the pipe or receptacle containing the fluid, the valve-actu ating device d and its operative mechanism may be readily removed by merely withdrawing the pivot o1' the arm f, and the the guide-passage a" may, if desired, be closed by a suitable cap, it being shown as provided with external screw-threads a to receive such a cap.

I Clailnl. rlhe combination of the following elements, namely: a cylindrical valve-chamber having a lateral. inlet-opening and a raised seat integral with the casting, forming the chamber and projecting upward into the chamber from the lower end thereof, and having a guide-passage through it which constitutes the outlet for the valve-chamber, and the cap forming the upper end of the valve-chamber,

mouth of a valve consisting of a iexble disk and holding-frame therefor working in the said valvechamber lengthwise thereof and guided wholly by the walls of the said chamber, and a tubular valve-actuating device working in the guidepassage through the valve-seat disconnected from the valve, but engaging the same in its movement toward the valve-chamber, a pivoted arm at the top of said chamber, and connecting-links between it and the valve-actuating device, the said arm being normally supported on the cap which closes the upper end of the valve-chamber,"substantially as described.

2. The cylindrical valve-chamber having a lateral inlet-opening, and a raised seat inte gral with the piece forming the chamber projecting inward at the lower end ol thesaid chamber coaxial therewith and having a guidepassage within it, and a removable cap for the upper end ofthe said chamber, combined with the valve, consisting of a iexible disk and frame confining the same at its edges provided with guide-arms having a working iit in the cylindrical chamber, anda tubular valve-actuating device working in the passage in the valve-seat and disconnected from the valve, substantially as described.

3. The cylindrical valve-chamber having a lateral inlet-opening, and a raised seat intcgral with the piece forming the chamber projecting inward at the lower end of the said chamber and having a guide-passage within it, and an extension of larger diameter than the said guide-passage external t0 the chamber, the said chamber, combined with the valve, consisting of a flexible disk and frame-work therefor guided wholly by the walls of the said chamber, and a tubular valve-actuating device working in the extension of the valvcchamber, and having a projection of reduced diameter working in the passage in the valveseat, and operating devices 'for the said valveactuating device, the valve-chamber, valve, and valve-actuating device having a common axis, substantially as described.

l. A cylindrical valve-chamber provided with a valve-seat and outlet-opening at the lower end thereof, and a valve movable in the said chamber coaxialjtherewith, and guided wholly by the walls of the said chamber, coinbined with a valve-actuating device external the said chamber, links connecting it with the valve-actuating device, and a supporting device conneeted with the said arm and engaging the top ofthe valve-chamber, substantially as described.

In testimony whcreofl have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

XVM. T. MESSINGER.

Vi tnesses:

Jos. P. Livnn'iionn, H. P. Barns.

and a removable cap at the upper end of to the chamber operating in the outlet-open-V ing thereof, a pivoted arm at the other end of lOO 

